{"id":6376,"date":"2022-05-30T13:49:58","date_gmt":"2022-05-30T11:49:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/safeblood.pt\/?post_type=ufaq&p=6376"},"modified":"2023-08-15T11:04:54","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T09:04:54","slug":"i-am-over-65-years-old-can-i-still-donate-blood","status":"publish","type":"ufaq","link":"https:\/\/safeblood.pt\/en\/ufaq\/i-am-over-65-years-old-can-i-still-donate-blood\/","title":{"rendered":"I am over 65 years old. Can I still donate blood?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As soon as we have our own infrastructure we will have to comply with the legal requirements, i.e., the same conditions will apply as for the current blood donation facilities. In most countries people over 65 can donate blood if they have donated blood before. See this (and other) websites for requirements (In german language): https:\/\/www.ichspendeblut.ch\/blutspenden\/darf-ich-blutspenden.html<\/a><\/p>\n

The age limit for blood donors is relatively arbitrary and dates from a time when life expectancy was much lower. Of course, we will have to comply with the legal requirements. Often, however, as in the case of the age limit, these are not legal requirements at all, but simply internal instructions that are mistaken for laws. This is then the basis for, e.g., a much too low age limit. Age is not a disease, but a condition that depends on many factors besides the calendar. Have a look at the following link in this context (only in german, use an online-translator):
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So, to make it short: I am not going into specific medical conditions at this point, such as diseases passed through and current diseases etc., these can be found sufficiently explained on the Internet (google your condition), and we also ask you when you become a member specifically about the most common contraindications to donating blood – age is clearly not one of them for us. Talk to your doctor if you are not sure. Also specific questions, like whether there will be plasma, immune globulin etc. with us, I will not answer specifically here – you can assume that we will have an offer for every medical case, as soon as they let us.<\/p>\n

And yes, absolutely, become a member anyway – ANYONE can become a member with us, and there are unfortunately a surprisingly large number of people who actually can’t donate blood for medical reasons (almost a third of our members) – but they all may come into a situation where they need blood. Should we exclude them from membership? I beg you. We need you not only as a blood donor – we also need your unbowed personality, your great character as one of us – because only thanks to you we can become strong enough to spare our children and children’s children from having to deal with such succinct issues as the free choice of blood donor.<\/p>\n

And – just between you and me – I personally am not even sure if I would ever use someone else’s blood if I needed blood. But I’m in this because I would definitely give my blood to anyone who asked me. Even though I’m pretty close to 70 and have never given blood in my life.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A I am over 65 years old. Can I still donate blood? Category: General questions As soon as we have our own infrastructure we will have to comply with the legal requirements, i.e., the same conditions will apply as for the current blood donation facilities. In most countries people over 65 can donate blood if […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","ufaq-category":[35],"ufaq-tag":[],"class_list":["post-6376","ufaq","type-ufaq","status-publish","ufaq-category-a-general-questions-en","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/safeblood.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ufaq\/6376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/safeblood.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ufaq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/safeblood.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ufaq"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/safeblood.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/safeblood.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/safeblood.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ufaq-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/safeblood.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ufaq-category?post=6376"},{"taxonomy":"ufaq-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/safeblood.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ufaq-tag?post=6376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}